Talking Like a Brit

Bahahahahahaha! I just finished reading Bridget Jone's Diary. Again. It's like Pride and Prejudice. It just gets better with each read.

I can't pick a favorite line; she had so many good ones. I think I just love how Bridget is so relaetable. When I shout outloud into the book, "Why,  Bridget? Why? Why are you trying to make confit?" I don't feel so dumb doing it because I am not shouting warning to a fictional character but to me, at some point in time or another, when I dream up a ridiculously impractical idea, set about to do it, and then wonder why it failed.

And the funny thing? I keep on doing stuff like that. Just like Bridget. All women do!

That's why we love her. And her mother is the woman we love to get frustrated at. Oh! And stupid Daniel. And how about Mark Darcy...bahaha. Diamond-patterned sweater. Ha! (Read the book to know what I mean). Still, the perfect hero for Bridget.



There's only one downside to reading Bridget - for the rest of the day all of my thoughts are in a British accent. I feel both posh and pretentious at the same time. I also get surprised with a dose of modern reality. British people actually have normal lives. And that's always a little disappointing to realize.

Anyway. I got a great idea, all due to Bridget. Why not start a book club? But rather than try to be hoity-toity smarty, just really read the books that book club girls really want to read anyway. Romances and Chick-lit! Great idea, me!

Cheryl and Melanie agree, and because these are usually quick reads, we can meet about every two weeks (which we do anyway). But this time we'll have literature to gossip about, and not coworkers/neighbors/family.

Love!!!

Any suggestions? I am thinking the newest one to come out by Amanda Scott - should be out in July.

Plus, it'll give me a good excuse to buy it and not feel embarrassed at the counter. "Oh, it's for the book club" and the clerk will say, "Ohhhhh," (because book clubs make ANY reading legit) and I won't feel like an uneducated, unwanted, unromanced singleton.

I am very educated.